An OLAP cube is a set of data, organized in a way that facilitates non-predetermined queries for aggregated information, or in other words, online analytical processing. OLAP is one of the computer-based techniques for analyzing business data that are collectively called business intelligence.
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Generic data model

Generic data models are generalizations of conventional data models. They define standardised general relation types, together with the kinds of things that may be related by such a relation type.
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Query language

Query languages are computer languages used to make queries into databases and information systems. Broadly, query languages can be classified according to whether they are database query languages or information retrieval query languages. The difference is that a database query language attempts to give factual answers to factual questions, while an information retrieval query language attempts to find documents containing information that is relevant to an area of inquiry. Examples include: .
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Data analysis

Analysis of data is a process of inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of highlighting useful information, suggesting conclusions, and supporting decision making. Data analysis has multiple facets and approaches, encompassing diverse techniques under a variety of names, in different business, science, and social science domains.
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Spacetime

In physics, spacetime (or space-time, space time, space-time continuum) is any mathematical model that combines space and time into a single continuum. Spacetime is usually interpreted with space as being three-dimensional and time playing the role of a fourth dimension that is of a different sort from the spatial dimensions. From a Euclidean space perspective, the universe has three dimensions of space and one dimension of time.
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Online analytical processing

In computing, online analytical processing, or OLAP, is an approach to swiftly answer multi-dimensional analytical queries. OLAP is part of the broader category of business intelligence, which also encompasses relational reporting and data mining.
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Spatiotemporal database

A spatiotemporal database is a database that manages both space and time information. Common examples include: Tracking of moving objects, which typically can occupy only a single position at a given time. A database of wireless communication networks, which may exist only for a short timespan within a geographic region. An index of species in a given geographic region, where over time additional species may be introduced or existing species migrate or die out.
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Decision support system

A decision support system (DSS) is a computer-based information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities. DSSs serve the management, operations, and planning levels of an organization and help to make decisions, which may be rapidly changing and not easily specified in advance. DSSs include knowledge-based systems.
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